ABRAHAMSON, Soren Martin
| Service Number: | 248 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Workplace accident, Long Tunnel Mine, 13 January 1904, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 248 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
MINING FATALITY.
THE WALHALLA ACCIDENT.
WALHALLA, Friday -The inquest
touching the death of Soren Martin Abrahamson who was killed in the Long Tunnel mine on Wednesday, was resumed this morning before Mr. S R. Rothwell, J P and a jury of seven. Inspector Williamson represented the Mines department, Mr. R. E. Dawson the Long Tunnel Company and Mr. Charles Clark the relatives of deceased, while Sergeant Kissane watched the proceedings for the Police department.
John Driscoll who was working with deceased at the time of the accident said that they went down No.2 section of the incline shaft to look at the rollers at 2OOft. While witness was screwing up a bolt deceased was standing by and called out "The loaded skip is coming; jump." Deceased jumped towards the eastern compartment. The same instant the eastern skip came up and struck deceased. It caught him on the head, and jammed him against one of the centres which was lifted out. It was the first time he had worked in the shaft when the skips had been travelling. As far as witness knew no instructions had been given to deceased to fix the rollers. The signal lines were all right but when deceased jumped over there was no time to pull the knocker.
John Willis enginedriver at No. 2 section of the Long Tunnel shift said he was driving at the second section on the day of the accident. He heard Driscoll say " We will have a look at the rollers." Deceased asked him whether there was much dirt to come from the bottom. Witness said he did not think so. Witness said "You can't get through from the ladder-way into the winding compartment." Deceased replied that's all right we will go down the line." Witness said "You had better be careful Martin," and he replied, "Thats all right we can get from one line to the other as the skips are passing." Deceased went down the winding compartment. Witness pulled two or three skips of mullock after that. By the jar of the engine he recognised there was an accident. The engine and knocker line were in good order. Charles Arthur Anderson, mine manager, said that on the day of the accident he gave deceased instructions to go below and prepare the air pipes for the contractor, and to wait there until Mr. Finlayson sent up word that the shaft was clear for using the theodolite and then to come and bring it down. He gave deceased no instructions about the shaft that particular day. There were standing instructions to examine the lines on Sundays. Th ework deceased was doing was not authorised by him. The deceased was a very reliable man.
The jury, after a half- hour's retirement returned a verdict "that deceased, Soren Martin Abrahamson, met his death by accident at the Long Tunnel incline shaft on January 13, 1904. The jury recommend that no work should be done above the bottom of the shaft while skip is in motion."